CAD Contracts in England

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring CAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 427 568
Rank change year-on-year -6 +141 +143
Contract jobs citing CAD 52 115 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.31% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.36% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 26 46
10th Percentile £438 £230 £221
25th Percentile £447 £260 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £377 £350
Median % change year-on-year +39.79% +7.71% -23.08%
75th Percentile £588 £450 £385
90th Percentile £635 £638 £503
UK median daily rate £527 £377 £348
% change year-on-year +39.79% +8.49% -29.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 54 20
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.25 £21.64
25th Percentile £35.78 £33.13 £25.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £42.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +30.77% -10.96%
75th Percentile £65.63 £49.69 £50.49
90th Percentile £74.25 £51.25 £75.98
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £42.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +41.18% +30.77% -9.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

CAD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in England

CAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAD in England.

Daily rate trend for CAD in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAD in England.

Hourly rate trend for CAD in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CAD in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CAD in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +38 21 £475 - 70
North West +37 21 £475 - 56
London +23 13 £575 +52.52% 97
South West +13 7 £600 +65.52% 43
Midlands +13 5 £588 +30.56% 77
East Midlands +13 4 £588 - 34
South East +28 3 - - 81
East of England +26 2 - - 32
West Midlands +2 1 - - 41
CAD
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.77%) Mendix
2 1 (1.92%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (28.85%) Siemens NX
2 4 (7.69%) AutoCAD
3 3 (5.77%) CATIA
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.85%) Revit
5 1 (1.92%) Fusion 360
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.92%) PTC Creo
5 1 (1.92%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (36.54%) Teamcenter
2 3 (5.77%) SAP PLM
3 1 (1.92%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) SaaS
1 2 (3.85%) Veeva
2 1 (1.92%) AWS
2 1 (1.92%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) Modbus
1 1 (1.92%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Big Data
1 1 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.92%) GIS
1 1 (1.92%) QGIS
1 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.92%) Spatial Data
1 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Axure RP
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
1 1 (1.92%) Qt Creator
1 1 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Finance
3 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.77%) Automotive
4 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.77%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.85%) Marketing
5 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.92%) Legal
6 1 (1.92%) Military
6 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Developer
2 10 (19.23%) Applications Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Configuration Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) ServiceNow Developer
3 8 (15.38%) Test Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Senior
5 6 (11.54%) Design Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Senior Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (5.77%) CAD Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Portfolio Manager
7 3 (5.77%) Portfolio Test Manager
8 2 (3.85%) AutoCAD Technician
8 2 (3.85%) CAD Technician
8 2 (3.85%) Designer
8 2 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.15%) XML
2 9 (17.31%) CSS
2 9 (17.31%) HTML
3 8 (15.38%) RESTful
4 7 (13.46%) AngularJS
4 7 (13.46%) jQuery
5 1 (1.92%) DirectX
5 1 (1.92%) ONNX
5 1 (1.92%) OpenGL
5 1 (1.92%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.92%) QML
5 1 (1.92%) Qt
5 1 (1.92%) Qt Quick
5 1 (1.92%) REST
5 1 (1.92%) SOAP
5 1 (1.92%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.92%) Vulkan
5 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.85%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (3.85%) Robotics
4 1 (1.92%) CMDB
4 1 (1.92%) Derivative
4 1 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.92%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.92%) Lidar
4 1 (1.92%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) PLM
2 15 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (28.85%) User Experience
3 12 (23.08%) ITSM
4 11 (21.15%) Agile
4 11 (21.15%) Data Governance
5 9 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (15.38%) Web Development
7 7 (13.46%) CI/CD
8 6 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (11.54%) Service Management
8 6 (11.54%) Software Engineering
9 5 (9.62%) Machine Learning
9 5 (9.62%) Operational Stability
9 5 (9.62%) Responsive Web Design
9 5 (9.62%) Visualisation
10 4 (7.69%) Bill of Materials
10 4 (7.69%) Community of Practice
10 4 (7.69%) Data Management
10 4 (7.69%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.77%) Python
3 2 (3.85%) C++
4 1 (1.92%) C#
4 1 (1.92%) Java
4 1 (1.92%) SQL
4 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 15 (28.85%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.62%) QA
3 2 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.92%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) ServiceNow
2 3 (5.77%) SAP
2 3 (5.77%) Siemens
3 2 (3.85%) Facebook
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.92%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.92%) Cisco
4 1 (1.92%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.92%) Nokia